Song definition
Song is a noun meaning "a short musical composition with words." It has 5 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Song as a noun
a short musical composition with words
"a successful musical must have at least three good songs"
Same sense: vocal
a distinctive or characteristic sound
"the song of bullets was in the air"
the act of singing
"with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"
Same sense: strain
the characteristic sound produced by a bird
"a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age"
Same sense: call, birdsong, birdcall
a very small sum
"he bought it for a song"
Synonyms and antonyms
- vocal
- strain
- call definition
- birdsong
- birdcall
How to say song
Song has 1 syllable and rhymes with long. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with song
SONG in word games
- Scrabble
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Anagrams
- 2
Is SONG a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check SONG in the word checker, or unscramble SONG to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.
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